A company orders boxed lunches from a deli. Assume each boxed lunch is the same price. The proportional relationship between the number of boxed lunches ordered, b, and the total cost in dollars and cents, c, can be represented by the equation c, equals, 9, point, 4, bc=9.4b. What is the cost in dollars and cents per boxed lunch?

Answer 1

The equation given is \( c = 9.4b \), where \( c \) is the total cost in dollars and cents and \( b \) is the number of boxed lunches ordered.

To find the cost per boxed lunch, we can divide the total cost \( c \) by the number of boxed lunches \( b \):

\[ \text{Cost per boxed lunch} = \frac{c}{b} = \frac{9.4b}{b} \]

Since \( b \) is not zero, we can simplify this to:

\[ \text{Cost per boxed lunch} = 9.4 \]

Therefore, the cost per boxed lunch is $9.40.